Perhaps a welcome break from league football as ÍR & ÍA face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Iceland Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ÍR and ÍA.
ÍR form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.When playing at home in the 2. Deild, ÍR have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Iceland Cup for ÍR.
ÍR lost their last game at KF after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a 2. Deild defeat to Haukar (0-4).The match schedule is unforgiving for ÍR as they have a new game in only three days, a 2. Deild match thankfully also at home. Reynir are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 10 games), ÍR's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
ÍA form and stats
Last season their Iceland Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.ÍA have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Pepsideild, after 1-0-9 (10 played). It's all red in the travel logs of ÍA, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
The supporters enjoyed ÍA's previous game versus Leiknir Reykjavik, a Pepsideild 3-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting KA's place.A new game in only four days for ÍA, the Pepsideild home match versus Fylkir. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on ÍA's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 10 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: zero - two - seven (ÍR wins - draws - ÍA wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Unnarsson 4 goals | S. Þorsteinsson 3 goals | V. Jónsson 3 goals |
ÍR missing players
ÍA missing players
| ÍR | ÍA | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 8 | 32 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 49 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 40% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Throttur Vogar | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | KV | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 3 | Völsungur | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | KF | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Magni | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Njardvik | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 32 |
| 7 | Reynir | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Haukar | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | ÍR | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Leiknir Faskrudsfj. | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | Fjardabyggd | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 34 | -42 | 11 |
| 12 | Kari | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -27 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Breidablik | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 32 | 44 |
| 2 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | KR | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | KA | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Valur | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | FH | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Stjarnan | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Leiknir Reykjavik | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -11 | 22 |
| 9 | Keflavík | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
| 10 | HK | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Fylkir | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -22 | 16 |
| 12 | ÍA | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -21 | 15 |